Grading a Mountain Road and Drainage with an Antique Bulldozer | International TD340 Dozer

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  • Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
  • In this video we finally tackle a very weathered and nearly unusable mountain road up at our offgrid property. Using a 1965 International TD340 and some patience I fixed the road and added much needed water bars to divert excess rain water. A couple mistakes and a breakdown later it was a great time. Thanks for watching.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 27

  • @NoNonsenseKnowHow
    @NoNonsenseKnowHow 2 роки тому +4

    Such a killer job fixing the road man! That dozer is sick

    • @bill45colt
      @bill45colt 11 місяців тому

      sick??? it looked great to me,,,,what part of it was sick?

  • @nickdipascal6682
    @nickdipascal6682 2 роки тому +1

    Thought I was watching Camarata there for a minute.....looks great!!!

  • @barryshisler3720
    @barryshisler3720 Рік тому +2

    That is one nice machine I need to find one like that Great job on the driveway

  • @jtapper6109
    @jtapper6109 Рік тому

    In 1912, Ira J. Young applied for a patent for a machine that would form split pins. The pins would later be known as “Cotter Pins”. Yes there were Gangsters back then also. Nice machine you have, I really like the blade, looks like it will move a lot of earth at one time.

  • @Jacob-zd4gj
    @Jacob-zd4gj Рік тому +1

    Nice job on the road. But rule of thumb on a logging road depending on how steep the terrain is if you're standing at a waterbar the next one up should be at eye level if your looking up hill. That way the water won't have time to get moving fast enough to eat up the road.

    • @downstateradv
      @downstateradv  Рік тому +1

      Agreed. And although they are a bit more spaced out than that it's been nearly a year at this point with some pretty insane rains up there and the road looks perfect still. I think the distance will do for now. Appreciate the info though

  • @patricksawesomeprobarly3331
    @patricksawesomeprobarly3331 Місяць тому

    I love the dozer but can’t get over the fisheye

  • @davidlucey8452
    @davidlucey8452 2 роки тому +1

    ive got a td340.just got it going has a 6 way blade seems to move lots of dirt for a small dozer

  • @brocluno01
    @brocluno01 Рік тому

    Nice tractor. So the road becomes a cross slope interceptor. A natural hill slope has many small channels to take water down the slope. A road like that need a drain-off about every 50 yds, or so.

    • @downstateradv
      @downstateradv  Рік тому

      That's roughly the distance between the bars

  • @fordaiffa6022
    @fordaiffa6022 7 місяців тому

    very interesting .... how much did u purchase it n where ?

    • @downstateradv
      @downstateradv  7 місяців тому

      Bought it for more than I'd like to admit. It is also almost completely rebuilt though so it was worth the money. Damn near show condition. It's actually for sale now if you're interested. Upstate New York.

  • @mynormonzon3402
    @mynormonzon3402 Рік тому

    Great job. I just started to follow. I have already seen a few of your videos, and I really like them. Keep it up.

  • @play4dayzproductions347
    @play4dayzproductions347 2 роки тому

    Where you angle the blade there, you should take the paint off and just grease the living hell out of it, then you should be able to tap it with a hammer instead of ramming a tree. lol! Keep up the videos, they are decent

  • @MontanaGrizzsky
    @MontanaGrizzsky 6 місяців тому

    ROPS man, rops

  • @bolargh
    @bolargh 2 роки тому

    He do be downstatin'

  • @frankfitz3421
    @frankfitz3421 9 місяців тому +1

    That thing dont weigh 7800 lbs

    • @downstateradv
      @downstateradv  9 місяців тому +1

      It's actually a bit more. 8200. The driver that delivered it moved it previously and ran it on a scale

    • @frankfitz3421
      @frankfitz3421 9 місяців тому

      @@downstateradv ok still seems light my allis chalmer 655 looks to be the same size but its a track loader and its about 11,000.

  • @noahjames4445
    @noahjames4445 10 місяців тому

    Nice dozer but ive seen dozers go down practical cliffs before buddy dont let steep ground make you nervous

    • @Lggaley
      @Lggaley 9 місяців тому

      I used to work for Caterpillar, and they used to show us films about Caterpillars doing just that rolling, down a mountainside, well actually hillside. That’s when they were stressing the ROPS, roll over protective structure. Roll Bars for Caterpillars. Caterpillar does have specifications on the maximum degree of incline that you can operate safely on. Now granted where I worked, in West Texas, we didn’t even know what a hill was, much less a mountain. 🤔 But seeing one of those huge machines, roll head over end with something to see.

  • @jiangfu4136
    @jiangfu4136 Рік тому

    Hello,dear friend, this is Aostirmotor E-bike. Are you interested in making reviews for our bikes?

  • @richardharris7714
    @richardharris7714 Рік тому +1

    I hope you have some fruit trees and pecans apple 🍎🍏tree pear tree